February 2013

“Life without conservation of natural resources would be like a deaf listening to music or a blind enjoying dance performance.   Natural resources affect the life of a modern man, directly or indirectly.  The impact is quite visible at consumer level, industry level and means of transportation and so on. No one can deny the fact that natural resources in …

Through conscious efforts at the global level, the world can witness a flourishing spring after overcoming the present dreary winter. Indeed, mankind needs an unprecedented warmth and love to counter and then come out of this time of winter and bring about a spring of love and prosperity for people. 1.    Introduction 2.    Unprecedented crises faced by humanity a.    Economic …

In the history of Pakistan, the first direct elections to the national and provincial assemblies were held in 1970. The intelligence agencies reported to General Yahya Khan that no party would get majority in parliament. At the time of independence, Pakistan was without a constitution. The Government of India Act 1935, was adopted as its interim constitution. The Muslim and …

As we usher in 2013, some of the key events of 2012 will be remembered, in all probability, not exactly because of what happened, but because of the subtle transforming events that sowed the seeds for some of the more significant transformations of our times. The most important events were not those that will find place in record books, but …

The withdrawal of US forces has special significance for South Asia in general and Pakistan in particular. This article looks at issues from different angles with a logical and prudent solution which, if implemented, would ensure peace and security in the region. The attack on World Trade Center in September 2001 prompted a bloody era of war, which engulfed both …

The peace process was still bleeding from the wounds of the Mumbai terror attacks that violation of ceasefire on the LoC has put a serious question mark on the future of the on-going peace process between the two countries. The incidents across the Line of Control (LoC) in early January have exposed the vulnerability of the so-called irreversibility of the …

Precisely, the law has not successfully transformed the extant practice of informal regime of ‘interception’ or ‘surveillance’ to formal regime. In reality, a dual formally informal mechanism has been provided, which will ultimately provide a legal cover to illegal practices. Everyone has an opinion to offer on the newly-passed law styled as the Investigation for Fair Trial Act, 2012 (IFT). …

The South Asian region has always been under the influence of extra-regional powers. The interplay of their strategic and economic interests considerably marred bilateral relations between states in South Asia, particularly Pakistan and India. The international security scenario has long been under transformation due to major shifts in political, economic and strategic interests of states. In a contemporary era, incidents …

‘Jiay Bhutto’, ‘doctrine of victimhood’, and above all ‘democracy is the best revenge’ with a theory of political rapprochement as followed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) top leadership Panch Ka Tola (the gang of five): the PPP, PML-N, PML-Q, MQM and ANP (and of course a ‘friendly opposition’) lay exposed as those at the helm of affairs stay put. With …

How did Imran Khan manage to gather such a large crowd on October 30, 2012? How did Dr Tahirul Qadri manage to gather such a large crowd on December 23, 2012? And, how did Dr Tahirul Qadri manage to keep tens of thousands for four wintry nights in the open? The mother of all questions? Islamabad’s ‘million-man march’ can be …